The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-21


proceeds OF cash Gales OF public lands in
that State; to amend the law concerning
the commission OF fisheries; to aid in the
establ shment and temporary support of
Common schools, and 10 enable the
State of California TO take lands in lieu of
hesiXteenth and thirty-sixth sections
found to be mineral lands.
Among other bills introduced and refer
req, were the following:
3By Senator Plstt-To prohibit the man.
ufacture and sale of spurious and intoxi-
csting liquors in the District OF Columbia.
By Senator Manderson-To divide the
State of Nebraska into two judiclel dis
{ lets.
BY Senator Cullom-To annex a portion
Of Montana TO Idaho.
By Senator Palmer-To eXtirpate conta-
gious pleuro- pneumonia, foot and mouth
diseases and rinderpest among cattle, aud
TO facilitate the expectation OF cattle and
The exports of live stock; also to forfeit
lands granted to Michigan for a railroad
from Ont0nsgon to the Wisconsin State
line.
Senator Sawyer called up his motion to
reconsider the vote whereby Oast Monday
the resolution offered by Mr.. Butler for the
appointments of a select committee 10 in
qnlre into the advisIbility of establishing a
Government postal telegraph was agreed to.
CeDdtOr Sawyer SalQ his OBJECT was 10 nave
the subject referred to the Postoffice Com
mlttee where IL properly belonged. After
some debate, the vote was ordered and the
bill was referred to the Postoffice Commit
tee.
Senator Cali offered long preamble ard
resolution in reference to railroad land
grants. Laid on the table.
Senator Sherman moved that the Pfesi-
dents message and accompanying doc1-
ma Nfuh he rafo - 81.
Finance, and gave notice that, after the
holidays, he would address the Senate on
the subject. Motion agreed to.
PUGH WANTS TARIFF REDUCTION.
Senator PIT. n offered the following rsso-
luton, and proceeded to address the Sen
ate in support of it;
Resolved, That the most important and
pressing duty of the present session of
Congress is TO revise and so amend exist
ing internal tax and tariff laws as to re-
duce the annual revenues to be collected
therefrom to the necessary wants of the
Federal Government, and no more than it
needs TO pay its matured debts and dis
charge Its obligations under the laws OF
Congress without crippling or deranging
any American industries of business or in
terest connected with the subjects of tariff
taxation, or interfering with.the just rights
Of American working people intended TO
be secured to them by the incidental e.
fects of revenue duties, to share in the
joint product of the labor and capital en-
ployed in American mining and manutac-
Irving industries to.the full measure of the
difference in the cost of their labor and the
labor of those engaged in similar Industries
in Europe.
Resolved, That the Senate will concur in
no joint resolution on the final adjournment
of The present session OF Congress until
after the passage of such remedial laws as
are specified in the foregoing resolution.
In the course OF his argument Mr.. Pugh
asked whether Congress would wipe out
all internal revenue taxes, and allow the
necessary revenue 20 be raised on tariff
imports alone. he had never clearer or
stronger conviction than the conviction
that the whisky tax was perfectly just and
wholly unobjectionable, except on the
ground that 1t was direct tax. There was
nothing produced, owned or consumed
that could gupply the Government with
| $90, 000, 900 of revenue, with more propriety
and less injury to any human being than
whisky. He had never heard any valid
reason, and did not believe there was any
valid reason why the whisky drinkers
should be relieved from the pay
nent of this tax, aud why the
revenue which it yielded should be
extorted by the tariff from the consumers
of Decessaries of life. He knew of no bet
| ter use to which whisky could be applied
/ than TO the produ lotion of 500 600 900 of
revenue necessary to pay pensions and
interest on the war debt, instead of ex.
tortiDg that amount from the harmless
consumption of imported articles. Who
insisted, he asked. that the luxry of whisky
drinking should be freed'from the burden?
| Was it the whisky drinkers or the whisky
makers who declared that there should be
no revision of the tariff until every internal
revenue tax was repealed? 1t was not.
| The cry came loudest and fercest from the
manufacturers and their representatives.
The most defiant and uncompromisiDe
advocates of free whisky were the manufac,
| turers of protection articles. As a general
compromise, he would repeal the internal
tax on tobacco, for the sole reason that TO-
bacco was an agricultural product, and lei
the whisky stand for future consideration.
He declared that he would vote for no duty
on any article manufactured in the United
States that would cripple any home IN
dustry or impair the ability OF home
competition. No peopls, he said, had evei
submitted 30 long to robbery on the par
of their own Government, and those who
opposed q revision OF the tariff a.
the risk Of financial panic and indus
trial paralysis, became parties to THU
1 JODDcIyg huu DcCdlno DOlitlCnl Crlulnale
Both the Republican and Democratic par
ties had promised to reduce the incoms
to the wants of the Government, and Il
was tri6ing for Republicans to charg'
upon the Democratic party the blame o
the failure to revise the tariff. This con
gress could not adjourn until such chang
was made in the revenue laws rs wonlC
stop the flow of money from the people
intos the National treasury beyond thu
needs Of the Government. He would pu
on the free list chemicals and raw wool o
all low grades, aud salt, and might b
willing to add other articles 10 the fire.
list.
He was not In favor, however, OF puthnl
iron ore on the free list. The dong q
would be regarded by the ore land owner
and ore workers of Alabama, Tennessee
Virginia and West Virginia ~ an act o
unjust discrimination In favor OF foreigl
iron ores AS to pig iron, on which Oh
present duty was 1912 per ton, he b'